gocchin Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Last year was probably PRGR's best year ever sales wise and popularity wise. Their two top pros, Azuma Yano and Hideto Tanihara placed second and fourth respectively in the money rankings and their gear was more popular than ever. For 2009 PRGR has launched the new GN502 line. A high tech top quality line of clubs made to give a little something to all levels of golfers and that is performance. I received the PRGR GN502 in both graphite and PRGR's Inspec Light Steel. The head shape is definitely a mid sized cavity back and features an undercut cavity and raised sole with trailing edge relief (you can see this well in the second pic below). The GN502 multi piece CB with a soft stainless 630 body matched with a ES230 Maraging face which produces nice feel and high ball speeds. Inserted in the back of the topline is a lightweight plastic resin which allows for more weight to be placed in the sole. One neat feature for these irons is that the CG remains at a constant 20mm high across the whole set, meaning that it moves as the lofts get higher. By doing this the CG becomes shorter and higher up the face in the longer irons for stability and accuracy. It's a very good looking iron. PRGR equipment has always had great workmanship. They also use their own proprietary shafts which many deem as the best OEM stock shafts out there. The GN502 does have offset and a very forgiving sole. This iron is definitely classified as automatic. Swing away and the ball goes straight and high at the target. While it is probably best targeted at mid cappers and playable by high cappers, it fills a similar role like the Epon AF-701 in that even the lower handicapper who wants something easy and forgiving to play would be happy with this iron. I'm going to play with a full PRGR bag this weekend and check back in with updates. Here are the pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Played with the irons this weekend and they have a very unique feel to them with the maraging face. The ball is hot off the face and the iron produces very good distance. It has a similar feel to the Callaway Legacy Forged but the GN502 is not forged. Definitely an automatic iron even though the face is actually not overly large. Very forgiving grind. Just swing and the ball goes straight and high. I wasn't sure about the look of these irons when I first saw them but their appearance have definitely grown on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james13 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Gocchin, Can you describe these comparing to your past ViQ's and 701's? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Gocchin,Can you describe these comparing to your past ViQ's and 701's? Thanks James these are not forged but they have a rather soft feel thanks to the maraging face that is typically used on fairway woods. It has the feel of a titanium face but not metallic in that balls shoot off the face. The head size is smaller than the ViQ, perhaps a touch smaller than the aF-701 but there is more offset in the PRGR. The sole is very different as you can see in the pictures, this contributes to not only the forgiveness of the iron but also to the feel, it's trailing edge relief really allow it to glide at contact probably enhancing the feel. Definitely very forgiving, maybe more so than both the AF-701 and ViQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james13 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Thanks Gocchin, appreciate your review as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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